I use it all the time with my Apple watch. Best thing ever. Specially during Pandemic, people should not be touching while paying.
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Been there, done that! Hahaha. Used AP with AW for so long, the habit is still there. Then I do a slightly embarrassed facepalm and take my card out.right, and which has no relation to apple way whatsoever
i use my aw when i wear it. it's sooo funny when i try to use my regular watch to pay))))
I think you might be double pressing too slowly? It requires a fairly deliberate and rapid double click.
exactly))) sorry, do you accept rolex pay?))))) my wife thinks me an idiot
I've actually seen more extreme differences in traveling across the UK. I've had UK money refused (Scottish tender in England), in parts of the UK you have different native languages like Wales and the Scottish islands, different laws, different education systems. While for an American (my wife is Texan and grew up on a working ranch) there's a lot of difference, I don't see as much. The geography is a lot more different, the culture less so outside of very narrow areas. The UK actually feels like separate countries which is because it kind of is.
I spend most of my time in the US and Texas, Florida, and Idaho and never had much of an issue. Outside of the climate and licence plates there's very little difference between states. The US banking system is 20 years behind the UK, that does irritate me somewhat. I don't know how to write a cheque and magnetic strips are never used in the UK for example. I also have no idea how to use a fax machine.
l’ll always be confused at the general reluctance of the US to embrace chip and pin, let alone contactless. It makes sense for retailers as it shifts liability to the cardholder, as well as reducing cash transactions which lowers theft.
Here in the UK, I don’t bother carrying my wallet anymore, it’s great. im sadly past the point I’d get ID’d for anything other than an Senior’s discount, and even the sandwich man cycling round to our office has a card reader to take Apple Pay.
Here in the UK, I don’t bother carrying my wallet anymore, it’s great. im sadly past the point I’d get ID’d for anything other than an Senior’s discount, and even the sandwich man cycling round to our office has a card reader to take Apple Pay.
It is when it works. Unfortunately around me a lot of businesses who had Apple Pay have stopped using it for some reason. And other places that once let you use contactless payment have moved the reader so you can’t use it. And it will still be years until most gas pumps work. Why? I don’t know.
I use it too almost exclusively, some gas stations here allow contactless cards & Apple Pay
Huh? We have chip cards and contactless. And square has Apple Pay everywhere now which covers the “sandwich man cycling”
Cause I never know if it’s going to work and it’s embarrassing when it doesn’t. It’s not reliable.
I am not sure which credit/debit card you have. With my Visa card - there is no handing/pinning/signing. And it's not even the fancier one (not a wireless card). You just stick it into the card reader and you are done. Even authentication is not required. So, it's easier than NFC payment with the smartphone (authentication required).
In the Seattle area, Safeway/Albertsons all support Apple Pay (so their system does support it). We have 2 grocery brands that are part of Kroger group. One brand, QFC, does support Apple Pay and the other one, Fred Meyer, doesn't. I usually drive further to use the one that does take Apple Pay.
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I've noted here before, prior to COVID I *never* paid for anything using my Apple Watch. I thought it looked too geeky.
Now, I *only* pay for things using my Apple Watch.
Yet both stores are happily able to embrace other parts of the Apple ecosystem, such as Business Chat. I really don't get this, their terminals already have the support for it as well, and I am sure their merchant service provider has support for it as well, its just a matter of laziness I bet. And they do, do email receipts with their whole setup, and go figure, it uses the card numbers to remember people's email addresses, I bet this is why.
Lowes even launched Lowe's Pay but it only works with their store branded credit card, of course.
I find it funny that a lot of people care so much about what others think of them. Who cares? If its more convenient for you, by all means use it.
Chip is basically everywhere in US now. Pin is required only for some cards.
Wow that’s a very low stat. Here in Europe ApplePay and general contactless payments are primary now and have been for several years I would say. I must admit on the times I’ve visited the US I have always been amazed how far behind they are in terms of banking practises. Back when chip and pin had been standard across Europe for a decade, shops in the States were still asking for signature authentication.
That is what I like about Apple Card, no numbers on the card for bad waitpersons to copy
Signature is gone now, A lot of places have "Chip and nothing"....stick the card in, the thing beeps or dings, then pull the card out. And that's it.
Contactless is still better. Though it's a low stat, a lot of people are tapping physical cards instead of Apple Pay. The infrastructure is there still.